"McGE" 2003 Obituary

McGEE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-11 published
DiedThisDay -- Patrick James
WHELAN, 1869
Tuesday, February 11, 2003, Page R7
Tailor and Fenian born in Ireland in 1840, found guilty of assassinating
Thomas D'Arcy
McGEE, a father of Confederation, on April 7, 1868
hanged in a snowstorm before a crowd of 5,000; Canada's penultimate
public execution.

McGEE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-25 published
GIBSON,
JamesAlexander, C.M., M.A., M.Litt., (D.Phil.Oxon,)
LL.D President Emeritus, Brock University
After a long and useful life, clear-headed to the end, died in
Ottawa on October 23, 2003. Born in Ottawa in 1912, elder son
of John Wesley
GIBSON and Belle Crawford
McGEE; school and college
in Victoria, Rhodes Scholar from British Columbia in 1931; Foreign
Service Officer, Department of External Affairs (1938-47); served
with the Prime Minister on missions to Washington, Quebec Conferences,
San Francisco, London and Paris.
Original member of Faculty of Carleton College, (1942); from
1952, first Dean of Arts and Science, Carleton University; later
Dean of Arts and Deputy to the President; in 1963, named Founding
President of Brock University.
A founding member of the Canadian Association of Rhodes Scholars,
he held various offices and served as editor of the newsletter
for 19 years. For over 60 years, he was a member of the Canadian
Historical Association and of the Canadian Institute for International
Affairs, as well as national and regional voluntary organizations.
He is survived by his daughters, Julia
MATTHEWS and Eleanor S.
JOLY
(Gerald,) and his son Peter James; grandchildren Alison
MATTHEWS-
DAVID (Jean Marc), Colin
MATTHEWS (Nathalia), Micheline,
Nina (Jean-Marc
BERNIER) and Gerald
JOLY,
AnnaGIBSON (Robert)
and Hilary
TERHUNE
(Peter;) two great-grandchildren. His wife
Caroline died in 1995; also surviving are his brother William
and his sister Isobel
SEARLS in Victoria.
Memorial services will be held in Ottawa (December) and in St.
Catharines at Brock University on November 7th, at 3 p.m. If
desired, memorial remembrances may be made to the James A. Gibson
Library, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1.